We’re closing this blog now, with a heartfelt salute to any Oasis fans still battling with the sale sites to secure tickets.
Some have been lucky, “We see things they’ll never see,” but for disappointed fans, “Please don’t put your life in the hands, Of a rock ‘n’ roll band, Who’ll throw it all away.”
You can read our report here:
A learning disability charity says the current methods of booking concert tickets can “exclude” some Oasis fans.
Jackie O’Sullivan, Mencap’s executive director of strategy and influence, told the PA news agency: “Lines where you have to press one for this and two for that, and online kind of booking systems are inaccessible to quite a lot of people with a learning disability.
“It’s the sort of thing that quite a lot of the public actually gets irritated by, but for people with a learning disability, it actually excludes them from being able to participate.
“And there was a huge amount of excitement in our office, (as) we employ lots of people with a learning disability, and when the news came about Oasis, lots of people were really looking forward to it and excited by it, and it would just be a huge shame if none of them were able to go.”
She urged promoters and online ticket agents to get in touch with her organisation to make it “simpler” by looking at the language used, as well as setting aside tickets for people with disabilities.
Ms O’Sullivan also said: “The kind of bottom line is, if you make things accessible and clear for people with a learning disability, you’re actually helping the general public as well because I think it is a risk that people end up paying over the odds for tickets and end up on disreputable websites, and things like that.”
